ordinary share

American  

noun

1. British. a share of common stock.

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Etymology

Origin of ordinary share

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

The company proposed a dividend of 5.20 euros an ordinary share and 5.26 euros a preferred share, down from the 6.30 euros and 6.36 euros it paid in the previous year, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

I admired, more than I enjoyed, this folk-horror fable set in the lush rural landscapes of 19th-century Macedonia, where the supernatural and the ordinary share a fraught coexistence.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2022

The private equity group offered 287p per Morrisons ordinary share, against a rival bid from Fortress, for 286p per share.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2021

Those of us who are extraordinarily sensitive, have been affected by trauma or both need more than the ordinary share of life-affirming, calming daily activities.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2013

Digne has perhaps a more than ordinary share of picturesque environment, seated, as it is, luxuriously in the lap of the surrounding mountains.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)